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Cyborg Cockroaches: How They WorkMarch 16, 2015 In 2012, researchers at North Carolina State University steered Madagascar hissing cockroaches by attaching electrodes to their antennae. Now, the scientists are developing tiny roach backpacks to pick up sound. Alper Bozkurt, electrical and computer engineering, featured. |
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What Cockroaches With Backpacks Can Do. Ah-mazingMarch 16, 2015 Cockroaches may be the first animal that humans might successfully transform into a robot, a hybrid of insect and machine that we can send anywhere to be our eyes and ears. Alper Bozkurt, electrical & computer engineering, featured. |
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College campuses vulnerable to cyber attacksMarch 14, 2015 Colleges and universities are known for being open and robust places that allow students a sense of connection from every part of campus. Aranya Chakaborrty, engineering, featured. |
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Creating the Energy InternetFebruary 26, 2015 We’re trying to create a new electric grid infrastructure that we call the energy Internet, says Alex Huang, an NC State researcher and co-inventor of a newly patented soft-switch single-stage AC-DC converter. “We’re looking at the whole distribution system. That’s a huge engineering system. It’s very, very complex.” |
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Creating the energy InternetFebruary 25, 2015 The power grid is based on technology from the early 20th century, says Iqbal Husain, a professor of electrical and computer engineering at North Carolina State University. “That needs to change.” Husain is director of the FREEDM Systems Center, a collaboration of leaders in research, industry and engineering education working to envision and then create the energy network of the future. With funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) leveraged by additional industry support, the Engineering Research Center has sparked the growth of dozens of clean energy businesses in Raleigh’s Research Triangle, making the region an epicenter of smart grid development. |
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Natural Disaster? Cyborg Cockroaches to the RescueJanuary 28, 2015 Researchers have harnessed nature’s most enduring survivor, the cockroach. By outfitting the insects with remote controls and audio sensors, scientists can use the bugs to explore disaster sites and find survivors. |
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CES Spotlight: NC State’s ASSIST Powers Sensors of the FutureJanuary 16, 2015 Eleven student members of an applied engineering team from NC State University (NCSU) made the trek out to Las Vegas for the third year to exhibit their energy-storing sensors alongside 350 other teams in CES’s University Innovations marketplace. |
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In pictures: Amsterdam’s rainbow train stationDecember 17, 2014 For a short amount of time every evening, one of the arches in Amsterdam’s Central train station glows in the dark. The technology was designed by the company ImagineOptix and an NC State researcher to help scientists produce images of “exoplanets” (planets outside our solar system). |
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This Giant Rainbow Was Made With Tech That’s Used To Study ExoplanetsDecember 16, 2014 NC State researcher developing novel ways to disperse light using liquid crystal optics, for use in technologies ranging from nanotechnology to telecom to lasers to plain old projectors. Michael Escuti, electrical & computer engineering, featured. |
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Lassie text home: Pooches get technologicalDecember 1, 2014 Yet dogs are an integral part of our everyday lives, and that creates a growing need for them to interact with technology. “Dogs are already used in search and rescue, in medicine, as service animals, to help autistic kids and … |
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Cockroach Cyborgs: Can They Really Aid Tough Rescue Operations? NCSU Researchers Think SoNovember 20, 2014 Climate change has been a worldwide concern, especially after the strongest typhoon ever recorded killed thousands of lives and high magnitude earthquakes have struck numerous countries. To aid the crucial rescue operations during disasters, North Carolina State University (NCSU) has developed cyborg cockroaches. |
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NC State grad training to become a NASA astronautNovember 12, 2014 A North Carolina native and N.C. State University grad is one of eight people training at the Johnson Space Center in Houston to go to become an astronaut. Christina Hammock, 34, of Jacksonville, was 1 of 8 candidates selected from more than 6,100 applicants to train as an astronaut. She earned two bachelor of science degrees in electrical engineering and physics, and a master of science degree in electrical engineering. |
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NCSU harness enhances dog-human communicationNovember 11, 2014 Researchers at North Carolina State University are working on a device to improve communication between humans and their furry friends. It is a bond already being leveraged by Sean Mealin and his service dog, Simba. They have worked together for about a year and a half. Simba sees what Scott cannot. |
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NCSU: Cyborg cockroaches can aid first responders in disaster situationsNovember 11, 2014 Researchers at N.C. State University are changing the way first responders address emergency situations with the help of cyborg cockroaches. Called biobots, the cockroaches are wired with a robotic backpack that allows them to pick up sounds with small microphones and find the source. The biobots transmit the data to first responders. |
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Cyborg cockroaches can aid first-responders in disaster situationsNovember 11, 2014 Researchers at N.C. State University are changing the way first-responders address emergency situations with the help of cyborg cockroaches. The devices, called biobots, are wired with a robotic backpack that allows them to pick up sounds with small microphones and find the source. The biobots transmit the data to first responders. |